The State of the Gospel in Rural America

Linked here are my notes from today's webinar with Ed Stetzer on the state of the Gospel in rural America. Highlights include...

• Why rural planting matters.
• The problems facing rural America.
• How to contextualize the Gospel for rural America.
• Networks doing rural well. This is a great resource for learning from others.
• Stetzer closed inviting rural leaders to join the Rural Matters Institute. 

All in all it was a helpful webinar with some good insights on mission to rural America.

Outreach Basics for Small Towns

Here's some good simple reminders for those of you on mission and planting in rural communities.

• Identify existing relational networks
• Get involved in the school
• Commit to long term consistency

You can read the whole article by Luke Geraty here.

The only thing I would add is, get the book "Small Town Mission" by our own Aaron Morrow.